Saturday, September 26, 2009

I admit I did raise some expectations of this being some new drone release as I was listening to the intro, however this punky mix of psych rock, noise rock, bordering on pop at times, is still listenable. Reminiscent of Smile and Pink but with somewhat more detailed songs.

This is volume 1 out of upcoming 4 volumes, which I will probably post too if they turn out to be good.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Helicopter quartet. A string quartet recorded with each musician in a separate running helicopter mid air, with the noise of the engines and the blades. Not Stockhausen's best but does build up a tension, an anxious atmosphere. Might be a good starting point if you're looking into Stockhausen, it depends on where you're coming from, though I'd anyway recommend Elektronische Musik over this.

The Youtube clip above is from the film about Helikopter Quartett which I can more heartily recommend. I'm considering uploading an encode of it here later. Stay tuned.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Fantastic new double album from Natural Snow Buildings. On par with Slayer of the King of Hell, Night Coercion in the Company of Witches and The Dance of the Moon and the Sun. This is the double CD edition, there is also a triple vinyl and double CD edition.

Monday, September 14, 2009

His final release after 8 years since the last album. Subtitled "The Return of a King" comes off as slightly conceited, but what a great return. In Slaughter Natives has created some of the finest martial industrial to ever come out of Cold Meat Industry.

Genre would be electro / ambient with hints of a influence from industrial.

Since someone doesnt want these up on megaupload mediafire etc. I've cleared some space on my personal dropbox. Links up for a somewhat limited time, will delete when I need space for something else. RAR archives encrypted, password is "a-special-plan-for-this-world.blogspot.com" without the citation marks of course.

Friday, September 11, 2009

One of the very few Lydia Lunch-related projects with actually redeemable qualities, none thanks to her however. It is also said that she hated the band while she was in it. A very short lived story, literally, the bassist George Scott III, probably better known for his efforts in James Chance & The Contortions, died of a heroin overdose the same year as they released this live recording on cassette and the band split up.

The new album of Bear Quartet. It delivers a little of that darker experimental stuff we hear on Eternity Now but it's mostly in a much more accessible pop or rock format which I don't care for much. Anyway Bear Quartet is a band I respect despite releasing albums like these, and I'd listen pretty much anything they'd decide to release anyway.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Most of you know of the Japanese experimentalists Boredoms already. I think I might prefer this album over slightly younger, slightly more accessible little brother VCN, mainly because of all the fantastic experimental sounds found throughout this album.

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DEAD LINK?Have a look in this post. If it's not there feel free to request a reupload and I'll try to get on it as soon as possible.

Just a few thing's I'd like to make clear. I don't use the experimental tag/label on my posts because I'd end up tagging 9 out of 10 posts with it anyway. "Experimental" is not a genre of music, it is a way to approach creativity. Neither is "drone" really a genre of music, but I use that anyway, sue me.

None of the download links on this blog are hosted on my own servers.

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V0, aka APX (Alt Preset eXtreme) is a LAME variable bitrate setting with an aimed average bitrate at 250kbps. Today LAME is widely recognized as the best lossy format (mp3) audio encoder at mid-high bitrates.